BBH USA Names Agnes Fischer President to Replace the Departing Amani Duncan
BBH USA has made two key leadership appointments, naming Agnes Fischer president to lead the agency’s presence in the U.S., and hiring Alan Stout as chief strategy officer. Fischer replaces BBH US CEO Amani Duncan, who recently left the agency to pursue another opportunity, which has not been announced yet. Duncan was elevated from president to CEO of BBH USA in February. She had been at BBH since 2020. Fischer and Stout will join in...
Buffalo Sportswriter Jerry Sullivan Fired From WIVB After Making Sexist Comments on Podcast
Buffalo sportswriter Jerry Sullivan, who writes for the local CBS affiliate’s website along with two newspapers, has been fired after making sexist comments on a livestream podcast Monday night. WIVB, along with the Niagara Gazette and the Lockport Union Sun & Journal, let Sullivan go after he told a caller on the local podcast Trainwreck Tonight in part, “The worst fans really are the women. They don’t get critical...
Marcus Thomas Named AOR for Festival Foods
Independent agency Marcus Thomas has been named agency of record for Wisconsin retailer Festival Foods following a competitive review led by search consultancy Hasan + Shumaker. Founded in 1946 as Skogen’s IGA, Festival Foods is a Wisconsin family- and employee-owned grocer. It previously worked with Shine United before handing creative and media duties to Marcus Thomas. “Festival Foods’ store count and geographical footprint has...
Wednesday Stir
-American Family Insurance has just released the latest commercials in its long-running “Insure Carefully. Dream Fearlessly” campaign. The campaign, which has been on air since 2015, demonstrates how any dream is possible with the right support. The two new spots, “Champions” and “Marching Band,” tell the stories of two young girls, each with their own dreams. One aspires to win a regional dance competition with her...
Week of Dec. 5 Cable Ranker: Fox News Remains No. 1, Posts Week-to-Week Gains But Year-Over-Year Losses
Fox News, CNN and MSNBC gained some of the viewers it had lost during the post-Thanksgiving week. The latter two outlets saw substantial week-to-week and year-over-year growth driven by live coverage of the Georgia senate runoff election on Tuesday, December 6. Still, with Nielsen live plus same day data for the week of December 5 now in, we can confidently report Fox News Channel was the most-watched basic cable network of the week in...
Former CNN Head Jeff Zucker Named CEO of New Sports and Media Investment Firm RedBird IMI
Jeff Zucker has a new gig. The former president of CNN Worldwide has been officially named CEO of RedBird IMI, a joint venture from Zucker, RedBird Capital Partners, and Abu-Dhabi-based International Media Investments...
Week of Dec. 5 Evening News Ratings: World News Tonight Is No. 1 on U.S. TV, But Sheds Viewers From Previous Week
ABC, NBC and CBS’ evening newscasts saw an overall drop in viewership during the week of December 5. Top-ranked ABC World News Tonight with David Muir still held on to its No. 1 status in the evening news ratings race...
Friday Stir
-Cure Childhood Cancer, an Atlanta-based nonprofit dedicated to conquering childhood cancer through funding targeted research while supporting patients and their families, imagines a world where the group didn’t have to exist in a new campaign. Cure believes that childhood cancer can be cured in our lifetime and wants to be put out of business. The ad, from Blue Sky Agency, “The world would be a better place if we didn’t...
C-SPAN Programming Boss Terry Murphy Is Retiring After 42 Years
C-SPAN today is announcing the retirement of longtime programming vp Terry Murphy and named C-SPAN vp of digital media Richard Weinstein as his replacement. A 42-year veteran of C-SPAN, Murphy’s last day will be Jan. 6, 2023. Hired as a field technician in 1981, Murphy soon moved into management and has served as C-SPAN’s head of programming for several decades. As head of programming, he has long guided C-SPAN’s daily editorial...